This is an analysis of When The Year Grows Old by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

I cannot but remember
   When the year grows old --…

Browse poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABAB cdXd cbXb aeXe fgcg aXfaXABAB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1101010 10111 010010 110101 1101010 110101 110010 101011 1101011 110101 1010010 1010101 1101010 1111101 010011 10001 1100111 11101 1100011 10011 10100010 10101 10100010 110000 1101010 10111 010010 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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